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Originally posted by: kiranraghu

Vibhishanaji, Plz follow valmikiramayan.net and Ushasri Ramayan book. This will be very useful

Originally posted by: Mandodari

Vibs, this webpage has all the works that is about the Ramayana or talks about the Ramayana. I hope it is helpful.

http://www.hvk.org/specialrepo/rjm/ch2.html

Originally posted by: Mandodari

This is for people who are interested in getting know the different versions of the Ramayan and other Indian devotional resources from different parts of India.

Sanskrit/English resource:

The book called 'The Wondorous Crest-Jewel in Performance.' This is the text and translation of the Sanskrit work by V. Raghavan (famous late professor at the University of Madras Sanskrit Department). This book is a translation of the Sanskrit Kuttiyatam drama tradition from Kerala state. The drama is based on the Ramayan. I couldn't believe it when I found this book in an used book store in Canada. 😲😃
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Tamil/English resource:

I found this on youtube and I think this is available for purchase as an MP3 from Kalakendra.com's Sanskriti series.

It is called Pasurappadi Ramayanam by Velukkudi Krishnan in Tamil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx_5-RHqzK0


This is just an intro on youtube. I think it is Ramayanam based on the Pasurams. The pasurams in Tamil literature are devotional poems on Mahavishnu and his avataars such as Ramji and Krishna. This Ramayan is based on those poems.

I also have a bunch of tapes that I bought when I visited India last year. It is Tyagaraja Ramayanam by Balakrishna Shastri. These are Hari Katha tapes and it is based on the devotional songs sung by Tyagaraja. Tyagaraja was one of the greatest Ram Bhakths just like Tulsidaji. This is also in Tamil

Another resource, these discources are about Tamil devotional poems but many of them are available in English too. The website for Velukkudi's discourses is available at:
http://www.kinchitkaramtrust.org/buyCalendarInitial.action
Look at the 'Publications' link on the left. Some of the discourses are in English and some on in Tamil.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

Thanks a lot Mandodari ji for the valuble informaiton. I am totally envious of you (you have Thyagaraja's Kerthanas!!!) I had always wanted to hear them. I hope to get my hands on it someday.

I'll check out 'The Wonderous Crest-Jewel in Performance' when I go out next. It will be interesting to read.

There is so many versions of Ramayan and books on Ramayan that I think even a lifetime would not be enough to read, analyze and understand it all.

Mandodari

Thanks for this page. I'll look at it in more detail later, but scanning it initially for contemporary sources, I spotted

(B) Hindu Scriptures

Ramayanas
(1) Valmiki Ramayana
(2) Ramopakhyana in the Mahabharata (Vana Parva)
(3) The Yoga Vasishtha or the Vasishtha Ramayana

Did Guru Vaishishtha &/or his disciples also write a Ramayan? Also, did Vyasa include a Ramayan within the Mahabharat, and if so, which source did he use?